A tiny kick-off

There are few situations in which the word “small” can be used to describe anything to do with the soccer World Cup. But a version of the tabletop game “Tipp-Kick” is one of them.

The makers of the game, in which miniature players can be made to kick a ball at the push of a button, are producing a special edition featuring all the teams participating in the 2014 tournament in Brazil.

12 Jun 2014. VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN, Germany. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

The company Edwin Mieg oHG has been making these tiny players since the 1920s.

In the image above, one of the figurines is assembled at the company’s site in Villingen-Schwenningen, southwest Germany.